The next meeting of the Small Japanese Projects group is on 28 March, from 10am-noon, in the CQ room at Cook Community Hub.

The Small Japanese Projects interest group is for members interested in all things Japanese. Each month (or over two months) you will work on a small project, lead by a member of the group.

The meeting begins with a show and tell of what you have made, purchased or done during the previous months. It is always great to hear about your activities. If you have finished your fabric and paper beads from last month please make sure you wear or bring them to show.

At this month’s meeting we are going to try our hand at Kumihimo braiding. Convenor Karen has provided a photo of one that she made previously. Some of you will also have done this in the past and have the required disk.

The next meeting of the Small Japanese Projects group is on 28 February, from 10am-noon, in the CQ room at Cook Community Hub.

The Small Japanese Projects interest group is for members interested in all things Japanese. Each month (or over two months) you will work on a small project, lead by a member of the group.

The meeting begins with a show and tell of what you have made, purchased or done during the previous months. It is always great to hear about your activities.

Our project this month will be fabric and paper beads.

The image is of a necklace made by convenor Karen. It has beads made from Japanese cotton fabrics, paper beads made from old sheet music and two striped commercial beads, all threaded and knotted onto some bamboo cord.

necklace from fabric and paper beads

Requirements:

assorted fabric strips, cut into 1/4’’, 1/2’’, 3/4’’ and 1’’ widths and about 6’’ to 8’’ long. No fabric that frays too easily.

paper strips cut the same widths but maybe about 12’’ in length. Paper from glossy magazines work really well, nothing too flimsy. Karen will bring some sheet music..

some commercial beads if you want to add variety.

linen, bamboo, cotton cord. Not too thick as it has to fit through a hole the size of a sate stick.

scissors

all purpose glue suitable for paper and fabric

a few sate sticks ( I will bring extra) to wrap the paper and fabric around

a piece of baking paper to protect the tables from glue

a piece of template plastic or equivalent about 3’’ by 1’’

The meeting is followed by a drop-in until 4pm. The English Paper Piecing (EPP) group meets as part of the drop-in.

The next meeting of the Small Japanese Projects group is on 22 November, from 10am-noon, in the CQ room at Cook Community Hub. It is the final meeting of the year, so please bring a small plate of food to share for a Christmas morning tea.

The Small Japanese Projects interest group is for members interested in all things Japanese. Each month (or over two months) you will work on a small project, lead by a member of the group.

The meeting begins with a show and tell of what you have made, purchased or done during the previous months. It is always great to hear about your activities.

Suzie Prado will then take us through the brooch making class. Remember to bring your payment if you have ordered a brooch kit from Suzie. Also sewing kit, sashiko thread and small piece of fabric.

The next meeting of the Small Japanese Projects group is on 25 October, from 10am-noon, in the CQ room at Cook Community Hub.

The Small Japanese Projects interest group is for members interested in all things Japanese. Each month (or over two months) you will work on a small project, lead by a member of the group.

The meeting begins with a show and tell of what you have made, purchased or done during the previous months. It is always great to hear about your activities.

This month Anne Laffan will demonstrate how to make the machine stitched rope baskets with a Japanese twist that she showed at the last meeting. Bring along pen and paper to make notes.

If you want to have a go at making one yourself after the demonstration you will need to bring your machine, a hank of white cotton clothesline cord (Anne purchased hers at Bunnings), Japanese fabric, scissors, thread etc.

Due to the Tentmakers workshop being conducted in the CQ room the regular drop ins on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday (26 and 27 July) are cancelled.

The Small Japanese Projects group are meeting off site at the National Library at 10am. They are going to view Melodrama in Meiji Japan – woodblock illustrations If you want to join them, meet up in the foyer of the library at 10am.

The next meeting of the Small Japanese Projects group is on 24 May, from 10am-noon, in the CQ room at Cook Community Hub.

The project will extend over two meetings – it is a chiku chiku binding for a basket. AT this meeting you will be working on the binding and at the June meeting you will be attaching the binding to the basket. Convenor Karen has provided and image of her basket and a requirements list.

Raffia Basket. Karen got hers from K Mart for $6.oo. It is approx. 12”x 9” x 4”. Raffia or water hyacinth are easy to stitch through when sewing the completed binding onto the basket.

Homespun fabric. Approx 6” strip x width of fabric for this size basket. If yours is larger make it length of circumference of basket edge plus 6”. This allows for shrinkage as you sew on the fabrics.

Fabric Scraps. Lots of different fabrics patterned and plain. If you want a simple binding use less fabric mix and bigger pieces.

Sashiko Threads. Mix up different colours like Karen did or use one colour if you prefer. If you haven’t got sashiko thread, you can use cotton perle, crochet cotton or broder cotton.

Large eyed needle for Sashiko thread.

Pins, Scissors, thimble.

Don’t forget to bring your show & tell from previous projects, plus anything else you would like to share.